Current status of palliative care in medical oncology

A team approach is efficient in palliative care for cancer patients. People suffered from cancer have a right to receive high-quality palliative care earlier in cancer treatment. In Japan the National Act for Strategy against Cancer was enacted in 2007. Systematic educational programs supported by t...

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Published inNihon rinshō Vol. 68; no. 6; p. 1169
Main Authors Sasaki, Tsubasa, Ohta, Syuji, Seki, Nobuhiko, Eguchi, Kenji
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.06.2010
Subjects
Complementary Therapies
Humans
Japan
Medical Oncology
Medical Staff - education
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - therapy
Pain - drug therapy
Pain - etiology
Palliative Care
World Health Organization
Japan
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Summary:A team approach is efficient in palliative care for cancer patients. People suffered from cancer have a right to receive high-quality palliative care earlier in cancer treatment. In Japan the National Act for Strategy against Cancer was enacted in 2007. Systematic educational programs supported by the Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare has been conducted for medical staffs, home care staffs, local pharmacists, care managers etc. at core institutes in each district. Pain control is still major target for cancer palliative medicine. Recently various types of opioids can be used routinely in daily clinical setting for Japanese cancer patients. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) may also effective in some patients but further study for proving scientific evidence in CAM should be warranted. Tailor-maid pain control will be established in the near future with molecular based pharmacogenomics.
ISSN:0047-1852